Youth urged to take livestock production as business not as culture

It has been observed that livestock production is considered as a culture in the sense that most of the domestic animals being like pigs, poultry, goats or sheep are left in our various communities without proper care or housing.

There is the analogy that, when someone leaves his or her money on the ground and another person takes it, it will be considered as stealing. People, therefore, take steps to protect monies as small as GHC 1.00 (One Ghana Cedis) but fail to protect their goats and other farm animals that cost well over GHC 200.00 (Two Hundred Cedis) on the streets.

It is this attitude towards Livestock production that the Director for Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), Ghana, Mr. Kafui Agba has urged the youth in the agriculture sector to do away with the backward attitude of livestock production and rather prioritize livestock as a serious business.

Speaking to Agric Today Media, Mr. Agba challenged the youth to put more effort into the Livestock sector irrespective of the kind of particular animal the individual produces.

According to him, Ghana imports more than four hundred million dollars worth of chicken into the country. These huge sums of money could have been used domestically if we produced enough for ourselves as a country.

He advised that there should be Specialization whereby each young individual takes a role and administer it well in the production process. He said this would produce a high yield in the livestock value chain.